Chalkboard: Tea Time With Eva Eliscu
Where: Chalkboard
Start Date & Time:
September 20, 2008 at 02:00 PM
End Date & Time:
September 20, 2008 at 04:00 PM
Event Details:
Eva Eliscu, writer, restaurateur, world traveler and expert on the history of dining customs, will explain how three beverages – tea, coffee and cocoa – drastically changed the history and culture of the Western world. Discover why coffeehouses were the World Wide Web of the Age of Reason. Hear how the insurance company Lloyds of London got its start serving coffee and tea to ship captains. Learn the original recipe for hot cocoa (wine, pressed cocoa beans and hot peppers). Discover Coco Chanel’s favorite cup of chocolate, and find out where you can still get the creamy, comforting treat today.
Chalkboard Chef Gilbert Langlois will prepare a delicious afternoon tea – complete with finger sandwiches, pastries and scones with Devonshire cream and lemon curd. Taltarni Brut Tache Rose Champagne will be served. Eliscu will bring her stunning collection of historic coffee, tea and cocoa serving pieces to accent her talk.
Cost for this event is $39 for ChicaGourmets members and $49 for non-members. Register online at the ChicaGourmets website. Reservations must be received before 9/16/08.
